Last year was the first time I had attended the con in years. Whenever I went before I would always go on Sunday afternoons for a few hours walking around in the vendor area and buying a few things. Man have things gotten bigger since then. Last year I went Saturday and Sunday and I had a lot of fun. This year I attended Friday and Saturday and there was more fun to be had.

Friday:

I attended a couple of panels that were all dedicated to writing. I felt as though I had attended a fun writing workshop. The first panel was entitled Crafting the Character Arc: HOw to Successfully Navigate Your Character Through Your Narrative which was coducted by Jennie Jarvis. For a morning panel on a Friday it was nearly full. The panel was interactive, fun, and extremely helpful.

After that panel I went to artist alley to say hello to some of my fellow Womanthology ladies Rachel Pandich of Aspire Comic and the upcoming Skin Crawling Horror Anthology, Kate Carleton & Josh Dykstra of Naughty Bicycle, and Danielle Gransaull. Next, I attended a panel called Crime Noir Panel II. Hosted by The Rack Pack Comics Podcast, this panel featured Darwyn Cooke, Jimmy Palmiotti, Frank Tieri, Justin Gray, and Dave Johnson. They talked about the crime noir genre as well as shared some funny stories. It was a great panel. I wanted to say hello to Jimmy and Justin but I was too shy to (more on that later). At the end of the panel, all the panelists did a small cheap shot of whiskey.

The last panel I attended for the day was World Building. The panel was hosted by local writers Glenda Finkelstein, T.S. Robinson, Phillip McCall, and Bill Htfield. This was another informative panel as the panelist gave advice and shared their experiences about creating dynamic environments, cultures, and challenges that will help writers drive their plot and develop their characters.

Only three panels attended? You say, well it was a long but fun day. And then there was traffic, lots of traffic.

Saturday:

Over 60,000 people were expected on this day and man there were a lot of folks at the con. And of course there was traffic lots and lots of it so by the time my sister and I got there we didn’t get to attend the panels that we wanted. We walked around and people watched. I have to say there were many attendees that did some amazing cosplay such as this The Fifth Element Ruby Rhod and entourage cosplay! I just wanted to go Bzzz Bzzz Bzzz!

My sis and I cosplayed as Supergirl and Young Justice’s Superboy. One big higlight of the day was that I finally worked up my nerve and said hello to Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray who were both very nice and gave me a copy of one of Creator Owned Heroes and signed it. I was so excited about meeting them that I totally forgot to take a picture, oh well next time! Finally the last cool thing of the day was that my sister and I found a great pizza place around the corner from the con called Flippers. Their pizza is delicious!

So yes that was my MegaCon 2013 experience, not much to write about but I still had a good time despite the traffic and…well it was still good. Until next year!

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